Varying the ratio of 15N-labelled ammonium and nitrate-N supplied to creeping bent: Effects on nitrogen absorption and assimilation, and plant growth

New Phytologist

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 503-512

  Bailey, J S ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agrostis stolonifera; Ammonium vs nitrate nutrition; Nitrogen absorption; Root growth; Shoot morphology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMMONIUM; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE;

AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA;

EID: 0032717116     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1999.00474.x     Document Type: Article

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